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1. See Bratton 1994; Moyo 1999; Murisa 2009. The national leadership of
the new union was elected at a national congress which the NFAZ
leadership believed was a platform for discussing the process of merger,
but it is reported that the Minister of Agriculture changed the agenda
and called for elections. District- level and lower structures of the NFAZ
complained, citing inadequate consultations prior to the merger.
2. Aggregate NGO budgets covering a wide array of social activities equal
or are more than national budgets of some of the countries in which
these organisations work (Bebbington et al, 2008:4).
3. It is estimated that more than 3.5 million people have left the country
since 1997 (Zimbabwe Independent, 19 December 2004).
4. The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC) is a
sub-committee of Poverty Eradication and Social Services Delivery
Development Action Committee (PESSDDAC). This committee is
chaired by the Food and Nutrition Council (FNC), which is part of the
Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC),
and is also composed of the UNWFP, FAO, UNICEF, OCHA,
FEWSNET, SC (UK) and the University of Zimbabwe.
5. Interview with Chief Bushu, Nyanga, 2006.
6. Based on observations at Dunstan and Lion Kopje farms in Zvimba.
7. Based on Focus Group Discussions held in Goromonzi and Zvimba,
June and September, 2006.
8. This is a long established tradition in rural Zimbabwe, where subjects
of the Mambo (chief) work in the Zunde field. The harvest from the
Zunde is then stored for times of crisis and various households rely on these
reserves only when their food stocks run out (Sadomba 2008a: 114).
9. Interviews with Extension Officer in Wards 21 and 22 of Goromonzi,
September 2008.
10. Based on interviews with headmen based at Dunstan and Buena Vista
farms, September 2008.
11. Based on interviews held with the village headmen at Dunstan Farm
and Lot 3 of Buena Vista Farm, September 2008.
12. Based on focus group discussion with local farmers’ group members,
held at Dunstan and Lot 3 of Buena Vista, September 2008.
13. Based on interviews carried out with Chief Bushu, June 2006.
14 Interviews with Goromonzi RDC, Chief Executive Officer, September
2006.
15. Interview with Goromonzi RDC, Chief Executive Officer, September
2007.
16. Interview with Zvimba RDC, Chief Executive Officer, June 2007.
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